"Burnin' Up" is the lead single from

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' third studio album, '' A Little Bit Longer'', and was officially released via Radio Disney on June 19, 2008 as well as other radio stations, and on

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on June 20, 2008. In the United Kingdom, it was released as a

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". The single was a hit via digital downloads, and peaked at number five on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming the group's first top five single in the US and formerly their highest-charting song as a group until " Sucker" was released in 2019. The song features uncredited vocals from American rapper Big Rob.

Background and composition

The band first performed this song on their

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as well as at the 2008 Disney Channel Games. Their summer tour, titled the Burnin' Up Tour, is named after this song. The song also features a rap from their bodyguard, Robert "Big Rob" Feggans. ''

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'' stated that the song "was inspired by

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." Nick Jonas also stated that the song is "about this girl — maybe she's at a party — and you feel that immediate connection ndboth know it's there." The song was also included on ''

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'' 2009.

Critical reception

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'' critic Josh Tyrangiel named this the sixth best song of 2008. The song however has been criticized for the chorus line's similarity to the song "

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Commercial performance

With strong digital sales, "Burnin' Up" debuted at number five on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it the band's most successful single until " Sucker" debuted at number one in March 2019. With more than 183,000 downloads and sold the single for the first week it went on sale. As of February 2015, it has sold 1.9 million copies in the US. In 2019, it was certified double platinum by the

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Music video

The music video for "Burnin' Up" premiered after the premiere of '' Camp Rock'' on the

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on June 20, 2008. In the video, the brothers read over a potential video treatment and imagine how the video would play out, in which they are portrayed as action stars. Nick as

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in "Double Inferno", Joe as a

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parody in "Hot Tropic", and Kevin as a Kung Fu master in "The Burning Dragon". The video featured cameo appearances from Selena Gomez,

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, Robert Davi and Danny Trejo. The video was directed by Brendan Malloy and Tim Wheeler. The video was nominated for Video of the Year and

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, but both lost to

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". The video also took notes from

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's iconic video for "

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. This can be most seen in the scenes with Joe Jonas portraying an 80's TV-style cop with a fake mustache.

Track listing

US and Europe CD single # "Burnin' Up" – 2:54 # "Burnin' Up (No-Rap)" – 2:37

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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